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School No 195, Romania

School No. 195 is a primary and secondary school, situated near a large park in our capital city and it operates in three buildings. Having 2715 students, 134 paid staff and 16 unpaid staff, the school has gained recognition and prestige, mainly due to teachers’ efficiency and their abilities in working with children but also to the outstanding results that have been achieved by students at school competitions. School No. 195 has been affiliated to UNESCO since 1999 and in 2012 it received the title of “European School”. Our school projects and programmes involve both students and parents, along with…

2nd Geniko Lykeio Eleftheriou – Kordeliou, Greece

2nd Geniko Lykeio Eleftheriou – Kordeliou is a public high school located in West Thessaloniki, Greece. It consists of 300 students and 28 teachers working in it. The building is also used by another public school, 2nd Gymnasio Eleftheriou – Kordeliou and two nursery schools, so there’s quite serious lack of classrooms, laboratories and space in general. As 2nd Geniko Lykeio Eleftheriou – Kordeliou is located in an urban area that is polluted and environmentally degraded, we are interested in participating in programs that aim to environmental awareness and interventions. In the past years eTwinning programs were completed, gaining for…

IES Eladio Cabañero, Spain

IES Eladio Cabañero is a state secondary school for students aged 12-18 (Compulsory Secondary Education 12-16/ Upper Secondary Education 16-18). The school has a current enrolment of 520 students with a team of 50 teachers. It operates on a 6 period 55-minute schedule from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm with a 30-minute break. The school is located in Tomelloso, a mid-sized town with a population of about 37,000. Tomelloso is 180km south of Madrid, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla La Mancha, the land of Cervantes and Don Quixote. Our aims are: • To provide an enjoyable, challenging, and…

Vilkaviskio r. Graziskiu gimnazija, Lithuania

Our school is located in one of the most sparsely populated rural Lithuanian territories. There is a lack of social services, an extremely high level of unemployment, risk of social exclusion and quite little spaces for children’s self-realization. Also, there is a problem of the decreasing number of students in our school due to declining birthrate and emigration. The nearest city is 50 kilometres away from the area where the school is located. The biggest part of students, 76 per cent, are taken to school from other areas and only the rest live nearby school. Feed-in (because of the disadvantaged…

Agrupamento de Escolas Martinho Árias, Portugal

The School Cluster Martinho Árias, Soure (AES) is a public school in the municipality of Soure, NUT III in the Coimbra Region. The AES is made up of 171 educational staff (educators and teachers), 66 non-teaching staff and 1445 students, distributed across an educational offer that includes pre-school education; 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles; secondary education with scientific-humanistic courses and vocational education and training; adult education with courses that promote professional certification. Since 2009, AES has been developing eTwinning projects. It currently has 6 projects underway. Since 2013 that we have been awarded the National and European Quality Labels and…